If you can't view this page, please click here to view the online version XIII ABC MEDIA WORKSHOP, 17-20 MAY 2007-04-27 Jakarta THEME: X'TINCT: Death of the Consumer This workshop will showcase distinguished speakers and experts from the advertising, media, marketing and research industry. These are industry leaders who have taken their organizations to embrace the challenges brought about by the changing and evolving consumer environment. The power of the brand today lies in the hands of the consumer. Marketers are accepting the fact that the consumer as we know him is already dead and what has emerged is a highly sophisticated consumer who uses technology and the digital media to make decisions in many facets of his life. Keynote Speaker: Henry Tan - CEO GroupM, Malaysia & Singapore GroupM is the world's leading media investment management operation. It serves as the parent company to WPP media agencies including MindShare, Mediaedge:cia, MediaCom and MAXUS. GroupM's focus is the intelligent application of volume & scale in trading innovation and quality of services to benefit its clients. Under Henry's leadership, MindShare has grown five-fold and has become Malaysia's most awarded agency. In a span of five years, MindShare Malaysia was twice awarded Asia Pacific Office of the Year. This was followed by an even more outstanding accolade: Global Agency of the Year, which recognized MindShare Malaysia as the top office in a network of 90 offices across 65 countries. Henry was named Asia-Pacific Agency Head of the Year by Media Magazine in 2005! Dato' Mirza Mohammad Taiyab - Director General Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board On the challenges of "Reaching out to the New Tourist". He is responsible for the management and promotion of tourism activities in Malaysia. Covering portfolios such as Advertising, Communications, Domestic Promotion, International Promotion, Marketing Support Services, Convention, Industry Development, Human Resources, Research & Development, IT, Administration, Finance and Tourism Services. Richard Huggins - Regional Sales Director of MSN South East Asia "Is there Anybody Out There" - finding and defining consumers as they exert control on advertisers access. He will demonstrate consumption patters and trends. Barney Loehnis - Asia Pacific Network Director, Isobar "From Buying time to Creating time" - The old model of advertising communications was based around broadcasting messages to neatly defined audiences - so the old model revolved around "buying time" with consumers who were well entrenched in the media they consumed; The new model of communications need to address how to "create time" between the brand and the consumer and get them to spend time with the brand. Nitesh Lall - Account Director, Millward Brown "New Consumer Trends in Asia-Pacific" - Fragmentation of media, loss of control and declining consumer engagement are some of the universal challenges for media today. While there is an explosion of media which make it easier to REACH consumers the true challenge lies in being able to connect with them meaningfully. Datuk Kadir Jasin Datuk Khalid will expound on an intriguing topic "Blogging De-Mystified". An accomplished journalist and editor who has worked on major newspapaers. Now Editor-in-Chief of Berita Publishing and is responsible for magazines like Malaysian Business, Jelita, Anjung Seri, and I-Remaja. Ms Rita Sim, Executive Director - Sin Chew Daily will talk on "Using Print Medis to connect to regional and global Chinese readers"
AND MORE.... Robby Djohan is a true icon amongst his peers, among many other things, wrote his first book in 2003 called"THE ART OF TURN AROUND" and his 2nd book was launched last year titled "LEADING IN CRISIS". Robby is the man who turned around Garuda Indonesia and will share his experiences on what it takes to be an effective leader! Dato' Munir Majid, Chairman of Malaysia Airlines will talk about "Turning Around Malaysia Airlines in a Changing Consumer World". Mr S.W.Kim - Joongang Ilbo newspaper, Seoul will show "An Innovative way to sustainable revenue creation" . He also represents the World Association of Newspapers! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 17 May - Sunday, 20 May 2007 Sari Pan Pacific Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] now to secure your place! This Electronic Direct Mailer(EDM) was composed and delivered by www.adoimagazine.com as ABC's workshop's contributing media partner. --------------------------------- Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users.